Shloka 25

Devanagari script

सेयं तव करप्राप्ता हत्वैकं रिपुमूर्जितम्‌ गर्जन्तं प्रतपन्तं च मामेवैष्यति सूतज,“वही शक्ति तुम्हारे हाथमें जाकर किसी एक तेजस्वी, ओजस्वी, प्रतापी तथा गर्जना करनेवाले शत्रुको मारकर पुनः मेरे ही पास आ जायगी”

Transliteration

seyaṁ tava karaprāptā hatvaikaṁ ripum ūrjitam | garjantaṁ pratapantaṁ ca mām evaiṣyati sūtaja ||

Translation

Karna said: “This weapon, once it comes into your hand, will slay just one enemy—mighty in strength, roaring in challenge, and blazing with prowess—and then it will return to me alone, O son of a charioteer.” In context, Karna frames the gift as both potent and limited: a single, decisive act of violence, bounded by a condition that keeps ultimate control with the giver and hints at calculated strategy rather than open-ended slaughter.

Word by Word

• सा: she/that (weapon, feminine)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• कर: in (your) hand
• कर: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्राप्ता: having reached/obtained
• प्राप्ता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• हत्वा: having slain
• हत्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रिपुम्: enemy
• रिपुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिपु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ऊर्जितम्: mighty/energetic
• ऊर्जितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्जित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• गर्जन्तम्: roaring
• गर्जन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: गर्ज्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• प्रतपन्तम्: scorching/afflicting (powerful)
• प्रतपन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-तप्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• एष्यति: will come/return
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ
• Form: Future (simple), Third, Singular

• सूतज: O son of a charioteer (Karna)
• सूतज: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• sūtaja (addressed person: son of a charioteer)
• śakti (implied weapon/power referred to as 'this')
• an unnamed enemy (ripu)